[kwlug-disc] Say No To Electronic Voting ...

[CrankyOldBugger]

I've been growing very concerned while reading these emails on electronic
voting.  Somewhat frightened, actually, not by the topic discussed but by
the silence emanating from Elmira..  We have an advocate of the people in
Elmira, and I was worried that he's been abducted by aliens as he hasn't
posted any comments on this topic (of which he is an expert...)

Unable to bear the fear any longer, I finally hid in the local Elmira
grocery store and pounced on Bob the moment I saw him. Turns out that for
reasons unknown he's been unable to post to the group...  so I told him to
send his comments on this topic directly to me and I'd pass them on...

Here's what he wrote:

Hi Jeff: Here's some fuel for the e-voting fire on the KWLUG mailing list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC-rJX0Nmxg

I was at that lecture (obnoxious guy in the front row), it changed my mind
about e-voting, that anonymity (secret ballot) is incompatible with the
requirement for ensuring there is only one vote per person.

Thanks, Bob!






On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 at 10:33, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
>
> There is no problem with having a machine scan the completed ballot to
> make counting easier. The
> paper ballot is still the authoritative vote, and can be manually
> recounted if needed. We do have
> those in a minority of the elections we have (municipal I think).
>
> Actually, having ballot counting machines, even with paper backup,
> requires me to trust not my machine.
>
> I want us to have higher standards.
>
> Imagine the following. There is a poll about whatever, not necessarily
> elections. Pollster just gives cryptographic material: its a registration
> phase. The rest is the same, like in voting process. I click on my device,
> in privacy of my device. I'll be less inclined to hide my choice (aka polls
> in USA 2016). I will be able to check that polling organization has counted
> my answer correctly. With raw input numbers, they'll have to show the rest
> of math to be credible.
>
> You may think, okay, USA 2016, whatever ... . But. Polls are used as a
> propaganda weapon.
>
> In Belarus, no one is allowed to do polling about specified issues without
> explicit permission of governing body. That president in Belarus came with
> majority in first, probably two or three elections. There were five
> already. Official polling has blinded people from realizing that majority
> of country has shifted.
>
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